SPECIAL EVENTS
Asbury United Methodist Church, 1700 Napa Valley Drive, will hold Christmas services with performances of Lessons and Carols at 8:30 and 10:45 a.m. and a musical extravaganza at Wilson Activity Center at 10:45 a.m. Sunday. www.asbury-lr.orgor (501) 225-9231.
Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church, 815 W. 16th St., will host a free 40th anniversary performance of Handel’s Messiah by the Art Porter Singers at 5 p.m. Sunday. (501) 374-2891.
Bethel Independence Baptist Church, 3000 S. Hazel St., Pine Bluff, will be giving out food bags from 1-3 p.m. Wednesday. Bags will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. (870) 536-1441.
Bethesda Missionary Baptist Church, 1316 Brown St., will host its annual “Christmas at Bethesda” banquet at 6 p.m. today. (501) 666-2974.
Bethlehem Methodist Church, 2540 Bethlehem Road, Lonoke, has put on display its “Christmas Road to Bethlehem” set of hand-painted scenes and signs that tell the Christmas story now until Jan. 1. The church will also have a music program and candlelight service from 7-9 p.m. today and Sunday. (501) 438-2272 or (501) 454-0183.
The choir and choristers of Christ Episcopal Church, 509 Scott St., will lead a service of Lessons and Carols at 6 p.m. Sunday, after which a reception will be held. Child care will be provided. (501) 374-2342.
The Church at Burns Park, 295 W. Military Drive, will host a food drive for the homeless at 600 MacArthur Drive from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 23. Call (501) 952-5048 to have food donations picked up.
Evangel Temple, 1110 S. 12th St., will host a “Hope Revealed” Christmas Drama with animals and music at 9 and 10:45 a.m. Sunday. Families can also be photographed. excitingET.com or (479) 782-9121.
Grace Presbyterian Church, 1010 Hogan Lane, Conway, will hold the Christmas concert “Kinsman Redeemer” at 7 p.m. Tuesday. The concert will include a children’s Nativity Pageant, choir and instrumental performances. (501) 504-6899.
McAlmont Church of Christ, 1824 E. 46th St., North Little Rock, will host a Christmas worship service and free meal at 10 a.m. Sunday. (501) 945-7331.
Pulaski Heights Presbyterian Church, 4401 Woodlawn Drive, will hold an open Candlelight Communion Service at 5 p.m. Dec. 24. (501) 663-8361 or phpreslr.com.
Saint Mark’s Episcopal Church, 1000 N. Mississippi St., will hold a Christingle celebration at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the Parish Hall that includes handbell, children’s chorister and choir music. The church will assemble and deliver 650 baskets to St. Francis House clients from 8 a.m. to noon Thursday and volunteers are requested. Contact Luke Gilbert at lgilbert@st-marks.com or
(501) 225-4203.
Second Presbyterian Church, 600 Pleasant Valley Drive, will host a Faith and Grief luncheon from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday in Second Hall. After the luncheon Kathy Kaczmerek will present the workshop “Grief and Handling the Holidays” from 1:15-3 p.m. in Second Hall, which will address finding joy and living through the holidays while grieving. Register at faithandgrief.org or (501) 227-0000.
The Sanctuary Choir of Trinity Presbyterian Church, 4501 Rahling Road, will host a free presentation of the Christmas musical A Thrill of Hope at 10:30 a.m. Sunday. (501) 868-5848.
Trinity United Methodist Church, 1101 N. Mississippi St., will host a music presentation during its 11 a.m. service Sunday; organ music will begin 10 minutes before the service. (501) 666-2813.
Welcome Home Missionary Baptist Church, 268 Welcome Home Road, Casa, will host the living Nativity “Good News in a Little Town” at 7 p.m. today at the Perry County Fairgrounds, 124 Hickory St., Perryville. Admission is free; refreshments will be served. (501) 662-4443.
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